Time to stop flying?

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Commercial transports are not exactly roller-coasters. There are some
sensations, but if all you live for is sensation in flight, they can be
disappointing. However, if you like other aspects of aviation, such as
precision navigation, systems, procedures, or simply the feeling of being
the
reliable pilot getting lots of happy passengers to their destinations,
flying
a commercial transport can be enjoyable.



How could you possibly know any of that? By your own recent admission, you
don't like travelling and haven't flown in years. Playing a Microsoft game
in an overheated broom cupboard in Paris doesn't magically turn you into a
latter-day Howard Hughes.
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JohnT

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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William Black writes:

You said it didn't matter...

Where?


Here.
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JohnT

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:27:24 +0200, "Tim C."
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:42:30 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:

Learning to fly a plane without actually flying a plane seems to me a
bit like learning to play the piano while practising on a cardboard
cut-out of one.

Assuming that sensation is everything in flight is naïve and rather
old-fashioned.

No-one said that either.

This week's competition is to match Mixi's answers to relevant posts.


For a top prize of one week, all expenses paid, at Butlins? (Second prize is
2 weeks, all expenses paid, at Butlins).
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JohnT

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:02:21 GMT, Benjamin Dover
wrote:

"Tim C." wrote in
t:

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:43:06 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:

why else would real flight simulators have three axis motion
simulated?

Many flight simulators, including some with the magic FAA
Certification, do not simulate motion.

That wasn't the point, was it Mixi?


Mixi is incapable of seeing the point. Always has been, always will be.

It's time what's his name?, who made the original simulate a human being
called
Mixi, released Version 5.


I can't recollect whether it was Miguel Cruz or Arthur C Clarke, but it was
definitely one of them.
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JohnT

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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William Black writes:

So how many light aircraft have you flown in?

Nothing lighter than a commuter turboprop that I can recall.

So you don't know...

Idiot.

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

"Mike...." wrote in
news
Following up to Benjamin Dover

its a bit boring and it doesnt work at the poles (FS2004)

My biggest problem with the flight feature in google earth is that
you can't fly fast enough (around 1000 knots max) or high enough
(around 60,000 feet.)


What? You can't simulate the Sled? What type of crap simulator is
that?

its got ski planes but there are problems with the maths

Landing at McMurdoe (FS2004, probably fixed now)
(click on the jpeg for the next one)
"http://www.lawn-mower-man.co.uk/approach.htm"

It seems that near the poles they didnt have sufficient precision to
place runways precisely, which makes for a bit of fun.

Not a sled, the Sled. Aka Habu. Offical designation SR-71.
Admitted top altitude: FL 850
Admitted top speed: Mach 3.1+

If your library has a copy, read "Sled Driver" by Brian Shul.

Martin wrote in
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:37:58 +0100, "JohnT"
wrote:

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Commercial transports are not exactly roller-coasters. There are
some sensations, but if all you live for is sensation in flight,
they can be disappointing. However, if you like other aspects of
aviation, such as precision navigation, systems, procedures, or
simply the feeling of being the
reliable pilot getting lots of happy passengers to their
destinations, flying
a commercial transport can be enjoyable.



How could you possibly know any of that? By your own recent admission,
you don't like travelling and haven't flown in years. Playing a
Microsoft game in an overheated broom cupboard in Paris doesn't
magically turn you into a latter-day Howard Hughes.

He is trying to emulate him.

Except Mixi has never had a real life to retreat from.

Martin wrote in
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:21:59 +0200, "Tim C."
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:46:16 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:

How many walk away from plane crashes?

Quite a few. In general, if you land your aircraft under control...

Isn't that the definition of not crashing?

Nit picker!

Would do you call the recent 777 incident at LHR - a crash or a landing?
Everyone survived.

--
Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

(remove SPAMNOT to email me)

Martin wrote in
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:01:35 GMT, Benjamin Dover
wrote:

"Tim C." wrote in
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:39:28 +0200, Martin wrote:

Which do prefer
a) A virtual trip to the Land of Nania flown in a cupboard by Mixi
b) A real trip to Treviso flown by a blonde female KLM pilot.
c) A nice cup of tea.

I think the cup of tea wins.


You've never seen some of the blonde female KLM pilots.

oh but we have )

I remember the one who was in the right seat many years ago when I wangeld
an inflight visit to the cockpit. She made 99% of the Playmates look ugly.

"William Black" wrote in
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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William Black writes:

So how many light aircraft have you flown in?

Nothing lighter than a commuter turboprop that I can recall.

So you don't know...

Idiot.


Mixi thinks he knows everying.

In a piloting newsgroup he asked where the ejector seat handle was in a
Baron.